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BACTERIOLYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriolysis mean?
• BACTERIOLYSIS (noun)
The noun BACTERIOLYSIS has 1 sense:
1. dissolution or destruction of bacteria
Familiarity information: BACTERIOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dissolution or destruction of bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("bacteriolysis" is a kind of...):
lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)
Derivation:
bacteriolytic (of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis)
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